- Instructor: Adam S. Sikora
- Class Meets: Tu,Th 2:00-3:20, 150 Math
- Text: Saeed Ghahramani, Fundamentals of Probability, with stochastic processes, 3rd ed., Pearson-Prentice Hall
- Tentative Syllabus:
Chapters 1, 2, 3.1-3.4, 4, 5, 6, 7.1-7.4, 8.1-8.3, 9.1, 10.1-10.3, 11
Read ahead in the bookto get the most out of lectures!
- Prerequisites: MTH142 with grade C or higher.
- Recitations: Mon 8-8:50am, Math 150
- TA TBA , Math Bldg, 645-6284 Ext TBA
Email: TBA@buffalo.edu
- TA's Office hours: TBA
- My office hours: TBA. Only for those problems which
cannot be settled in recitation and in Math Help Center.
- Tests: There will be 3 in-class tests during the semester. ID's will
be checked at each exam. Approximate dates: Feb 11, Mar 25, Apr 22
- There will be no final exam.
- Quizzes
will be given every week in recitation session, except for the test
weeks. Additionally, there may be given some very short in class quizzes
as well.
- Homework problems are posted below. The tests and quizzes are based
on these homework problems.
- Final grade
will be based on the best 4 of the following 5 components:
- in-class quizzes and HW
- three tests
- recitation quizzes
- 90% guarantees A if you receive at least 75% on last test
- 88% guarantees A- if you receive at least 60% on last test
- 85% guarantees B+, 82% B, 79% B-, 76% C+, 72% C, 68% C-, 64% D+, 60% guarantees D.
Example:
If you got 90 in the first two tests, 90% in quizzes and 90% in HW's, but
you received only 70% on last test then your grade will be A-.
Some modifications of the above rules are possible.
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Jan 12-14 |
Sec 1.2: 4,10,13, Sec 1.4: 20,23,25,28,31
Sec 1.7: 2,8 DUE: Jan 26 |
Jan 19-21
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Sec 2.2 6,28, Sec 2.3 10,13, Sec 2.4
20(strait flush and full house only), 25,38,
Sec 3.1 4,5, and the following: Compute the number of
triples (x1,x2,x3) of positive integers whose sum is 100. DUE:
Feb 2.
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Jan 26-28
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Sec 3.2 11, Sec 3.3 9, 12 (do not assume
equal numbers of men and women), Sec 3.4 2, 10 Sec 3.5 1,
4, 10, 20 Sec 4.2 5, 18. DUE: Feb 9.
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Feb 2,4
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Sec 4.3 2,7ac,10, Sec 4.4 5,6,7,14. DUE:
Feb 16.
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Feb 9
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Sec 4.5 3,4,6,7 Sec 4.6 #2, Sec 5.1
4,8,10 DUE: Feb 23. |
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Feb 11
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Test 1 Chapters 1,2,3. |
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Feb 16,18
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HW: Sec 5.2
#3, read note , 5,9, 10. Due:
Mar 2.
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Feb 23-25
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Sec 5.3 4,5 Sec 6.1 1,5,9 Sec 6.2 1
(Z only), 3. Due Mar 16.
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Mar 2,4
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Sec 6.3 1,7,9 Sec 7.1 1,3,5 Due Mar
25
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Mar 9,11
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Spring Break |
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Sec 7.2 1,7,11,21 Sec 7.3 1,2,7 Sec 7.4
5,6. DUE: Apr 6.
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Mar 23
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review
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Mar 25
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Test 2 Ch 4,5,6 + Sec 7.1 |
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Mar 30, Apr 1
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Sec 8.1 1,7,8,9,15 Sec 8.2 2,4,7,9,15,20.
Sec 8.4 1,4. DUE: Apr 13.
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Apr 6,8
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Sec 9.1 1,5,6,7 Sec 10.1 1,3,6,10 Sec 10.2
2,5,11,13.
DUE Apr 20 |
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Apr 13,15
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Sec 10.3 1,3 Sec 11.3 1,2,4,11 Sec 11.5
1,3,6 Not collected (Practice problems for the test.)
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Apr 20
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Review |
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Apr 22
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Test 3 Sec 7.2-11.5 |
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